(definition) by Webster 1913 Mon Nov 21 2005 at 2:33:04

Shi*zo"ku (?), n. sing. & pl. [Jap. shi-zoku, fr. Chin. ch' (chi) branch, posterity + tsu kindered, class.]

The Japanese warrior gentry or middle class, formerly called samurai; also, any member of this class.

 

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